VA-153 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. During a 1949 reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve, a Fighter Squadron at NAS New York (believed to have been VF-718) was redesignated Fighter Squadron VF-831. It was called to active duty on 1 February 1951.

2020年4月12日 · January 24, 1953 to September 21, 1953: VF-831 flying the Grumman F9F-5 Panther under CVG-15 embarked on United States Ship Princeton CV 37 for a second combat cruise to Korea. February 4, 1953: VF-831 was re-designated Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THREE (VF-153 Blue Tail Flies) while deployed in Korean waters.

A rocket-armed Grumman F9F-2 Panther of Naval Reserve fighter squadron VF-831, Carrier Air Group 15 (CVG-15), aboard USS Antietam (CV-36), which was deployed to Korea from 8 September 1951 to 2 May 1952.

VF-831 Established at NAS New York NY: 1. February 1950: Called to active duty: 4. February 1953: VF-831 was redesignated VF-153: 17. December 1956: VA-153 was redesignated VA-153: 3. September 1977: VA-153 Disestablished at NAS Lemoore CA. Planes: 1949 - 1951 F6F-5 : 1951 - 1952 F9F-2 : 1952 - 1953 F9F-5 : 1953 - 1955

2016年10月21日 · July 1, 1968:VA-831 was the first activated reserve unit on the east coast assigned to an operational air wing. The squadron was assigned to CVW-1 (AB) on the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY CVA-67, though never deployed as a unit.

Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 831, Fixed Wing, USNA 15th Company ★ He is not currently listed with his classmates in Memorial Hall.

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1 February 1951: called to active duty as U.S. Naval Air Reserve Fighter Squadron 831 (VF-831); 4 February 1953: redesignated VF-153 "Blue Tail Flies"; 17 December 1956: redesignated VA-153;

2012年9月9日 · Eventually we all drifter over to Personnel to ask some questions only to be informed that VF 837 had been activated after last month and were off for the weekend. Those of us that were still here have been transferred to another …

Fighter Squadron 831 was a reserve unit operating from New York’s Floyd Bennett Field. Originally assigned the old F4U-4 “Corsair” prop-driven fighters, they received new Navy F9F “Panther Jets” shortly before recall to active duty early in 1951.